{{Short description|Building in Perth, Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox building | name = Walsh's Building | former_names = | alternate_names = Economic Store Building | image = Former Walsh's Building Perth.JPG | alt = | caption = The Walsh's Building after the 2010–12 renovation | building_type = {{ubl |Retail |Office }} | architectural_style = Art Deco | structural_system = | cost = £A{{nbsp}}80,000 (equivalent to {{AUD|{{Inflation|AU|{{#expr:80000/10^6}}|1923|r=1}}M|link=yes}} in {{Inflation/year|AU}}) | ren_cost = {{AUD|15M}} | location = Perth, Western Australia | address = {{ubli |726 Hay Street |88 William Street }} | client = | owner = {{ubl |Winston Holdings Pty Ltd |Ayoman Pty Ltd }} | current_tenants = {{ubl |McDonald's |Florsheim }} | landlord = CB Richard Ellis | coordinates ={{Coord|31.9532|S|115.8575|E|type:landmark_region:AU|display=inline,title}} | construction_start_date = {{start date and age |1922 |df=y}} | completion_date = {{end date and age | 1923 |df=y}} | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = {{start date and age |2011 |df=y}} | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = 6 | floor_area = | main_contractor = {{thinspace|C.|W.}} Arnott | architect = Talbot Hobbs | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | ren_architect = Palassis Architects | ren_firm = Diploma Group | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | references = }} '''Walsh's Building''' formerly known as the '''Economic Store Building''' is a building in Perth, Western Australia. It was designed by Talbot Hobbs.
==Site== The building is located on the corner of Hay Street and William Street, Perth. It stands opposite the Gledden Building and Wesley Church, two other heritage listed buildings on this corner. The current building replaced the previous Economic Store building that had been destroyed by fire in 1921.<ref name="fire1">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37476362 | title=Disastrous Perth Fire: Economic Stores Gutted | work=Western Mail | date=20 January 1921 | accessdate=14 July 2011|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="fire2">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58040441 | title=Big Blaze in Perth - Economic Stores Destroyed | work=The Sunday Times | date=16 January 1921 | accessdate=14 July 2011|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="construction">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58033006 | title=Real Estate - Indications of Progress | work=The Sunday Times | date=30 July 1922 | accessdate=14 July 2011|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Architecture== The building was designed in the Inter-war Art Deco style by Talbot Hobbs, an architect responsible for a number of buildings in the Perth Central Business District.<ref name="heritage">{{cite web | url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/comprehensivereport.html?place_seq=2152 | title=Economic Store (fmr) | publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia | work=Place Database | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327100030/http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/comprehensivereport.html?place_seq=2152|archivedate=27 March 2012|accessdate=14 July 2011}}</ref>
==Construction== Construction on the site began in 1922 and was complete by early 1923. The lead contractor was {{thinspace|C.|W.}} Arnott.<ref name="heritage" /><ref name="strike" /> In late 2012 a {{AUD|15-million}} renovation of the building was completed.<ref name="cbre-renovationcomplete">{{cite press release | url=http://www.cbre.com.au/aboutus/mediacentre/mediaarchives/Pages/112720121213-6954.aspx | title=Run Down Perth CBD Heritage Building Fully Refurbished and Leased | publisher=CBRE Australia | date=27 November 2012 | accessdate=31 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="pallassis">{{cite web | url=http://www.palarc.com.au/Site/Welcome_files/Palassis%20CV%202010.pdf | title=Additions and Alterations - Conservation Works - 726 Hay Street | publisher=Palassis Architects | accessdate=14 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="reuters">{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/DGX.AX/key-developments/article/2017072 | title=Diploma Group Limited Receives AUD26 Million in Construction Contracts | agency=Reuters| date=7 November 2010 | accessdate=14 July 2011}}</ref>
==Usage== The first major tenant in the building was the Economic Store, of which the Perth Mayor Sir William Lathlain was the proprietor.<ref name="strike">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63739657 | title=A Mayor's New Stores | work=The Register | date=16 December 1922 | accessdate=14 July 2011|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The building took on its current name when the Walsh's Menswear store opened on the ground level.
The basement of the building was used as a food court until a 2007 fire caused extensive damage, forcing its closure.<ref name="2007fire">{{cite news | url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/man-charged-over-400000-fire/story-e6frg4iu-1111112993271 | title=Man charged over $400,000 fire | work=Perth Now | date=13 February 2007 | agency=Australian Associated Press | accessdate=14 July 2011 | author=Azzopardi, Joachim}}</ref>
It was classified by the National Trust of Western Australia in 1978.<ref name="heritage" />
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==Further reading== * {{cite journal |last1=Mathew |first1=Gima M. |last2=Lehane |first2=Barry M. |title=Compensation grouting in Perth CBD and its numerical backanalysis |journal=Australian Geomechanics Journal |date=December 2010 |volume=45 |issue=4 |pages=65–74 |url=https://australiangeomechanics.org/admin/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/45_4_10.pdf}}
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Category:Landmarks in Perth, Western Australia Category:Heritage places in Perth, Western Australia Category:Art Deco architecture in Western Australia Category:Hay Street, Perth Category:William Street, Perth